Pinguy OS

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Pinguy OS
Pinguy-os-desktop-12-04.png
Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS x86_64
Developer Antoni Norman[1]
Written in {{#property:p277}}
OS family Linux
Working state Active
Source model Open source
Latest release 14.04.3 / September 11, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-11)
Platforms x86, x86-64, AMD64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface GNOME
License {{#property:p275}}
Official website www.pinguyos.com

Pinguy OS is a free computer operating system (a Linux distribution) for x86 and x86-64 based PCs based on Ubuntu Linux.[2][3]

General info

Pinguy OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution with many applications and tweaks installed by default, rather than having to manually install them like some other Linux distributions. Such software includes ZRam and Preload.[4]

Pinguy OS "features numerous user-friendly enhancements, out-of-the-box support for multimedia codecs and browser plugins, a heavily tweaked GNOME user interface with enhanced menus, panels and dockbars, and a careful selection of popular desktop applications for many common computing tasks", according to Distrowatch.com.[2]

Features

The following features[5] are found in the Pinguy OS distribution:

Release history

The following is the release history for Pinguy OS[6]

Color Meaning
Yellow Old release
Green Current Stable release
Orange Previous Beta release
Blue Current Beta release
Version Date[7] Notes
10.04 2011-04-08 LTS Release
10.10 2010-11-12
10.04.2 2011-02-12 LTS Point Release
10.04.3 2011-05-08 LTS Point Release
11.04.1 2011-05-26
11.04.1 Mini 2011-06-04
Ping-Eee OS 11.04.1 2011-07-08 Designed for Netbooks
11.10 2011-11-15
11.10 Mini 2011-11-25
12.04 2012-06-17 LTS Release
12.10 2012-11-21
13.04 2013-05-21
14.04 Mini 2014-04-28 LTS Release
14.04 2014-05-12 LTS Release
14.04.3 2015-09-11

Beta: The 6 month Pinguy OS releases will be missing features that will be in the final LTS, but the release will be very usable.[8]

Availability

Pinguy OS is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.[9]

See also

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Page 1, paragraph 2) Antoni Norman explains why he created Pinguy OS.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. http://pinguyos.com/2013/05/pinguy-os-new-releases/
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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